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H. SAGUE.

' VEHICLE WHEEL.

No. 350,321. Patented 001;. 5, 1886-.

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N'TED STATES PATENT Fries.

HORACE SAGUE, OF POUGHKEEPSIE, NEW YORK.

VEHICLE-WHEEL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 350,321, dated October 5, 1886.

Application filed August 16, 1886. Serial No. 210,986. (No model.) I

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HORACE SAGUE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Poughkeepsie, in the county of Dutchess and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vehicle-Wheels; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in vehicle-wheels, in which the two joints of the felly are at the ends of the spokes, the fellies being provided at each joint with a recess so formed as to fit on either side of a broad flatfaced rectangular tenon at the end of the spoke; and the objects of my improvements are, first, to provide a flat surface to take the pressure at the point of contact between the Ielly and the tenon, and so prevent the tendency of the felly to split; second, to give greater strength by the width of the tenon for resisting a sudden side pressure against the wheel and spokes; and, third, to give greater strength (by avoiding the joint midway between two spokes) for resisting a sudden blow against the rim, such as is frequent on rough stony roads. I attain these objects by the device illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in Which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of my vehicle- Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the adjacent ends of two fellies and the outer end of the spoke, the several parts being shown disjointed and enlarged. Fig. B is a similar view of the same elements shown closed together and forming a joint. Fig. 4 is a-side view of one of the spokes, and Fig. 5 is a face view of the same.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the Views.

In the drawings, A represents the felly; B, the spokes; C, the rectangular lips at the sides of the felly, litted so as to present iat surfaces of contact with the corresponding lips of the opposite section, and to rest on the shoulder ofv the spoke B at the sides of the dat tenon.

D represents the dat surface of the felly, of

the same width as the flat tenon represented by E.

F represents the joint as it appears with the lips C in contact, and the wheel ready for use, as in Fig. 1.

G represents the tire as fitted to the wheel after the spokes, fellies, and joints are prop- 5 erly adj usted.

In making awheel-such as is shown in the drawingsthe dat tenon may be used on every spoke, or only on the ends of the two spokes where the felly is jointed, the former arrange- 6 ment giving additional strength (secured by the broad dat tenon) throughout the wheel, the latter arrangement giving that strength only at the points where it is most needed, and lessening somewhat the expense of the 6 wheel.

It will be seen that in practice the dat transversely-elongated tenon, as best shown in Fig.

2, must not only add to the strength of the wheel by presenting a greater power of resist- 7 ance to all side pressure, but must also obviate entirely the tendency to split the felly near the spokes, which materially weakens the whole wheel, because, the spoke beingy broad and fiat transversely, there can be no 7 wedging apart of the fibers of the felly, as in the case of round or oval tenons. The tire may therefore be fitted as tightly as possible without in the least affecting the'soundness of the felly at any point. Thus by my 8 device I obtain additional strength without multiplying the sections ofthe felly, and thereby increasing the inconvenience of adjusting the various parts.

What I claim, therefore, and desire to secure 8 by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a vehicle-wheel, a dat-surfaced rectangular transversely-elongated tenon at the end of a spoke, in combination with a corresponding fiat-surfaced recess in the felly, subg stantially as and for the purposes described.

2. In a vehicle-wheel, the combination, at the points of union of the parts of a felly, of the flat surfaced rectangular transverselyelongated tenon at the outer end of a spoke, g and the felly parts provided with corresponding dat-surfaced recesses, and the rectangular projecting lips on either side of each recess, all for the purpose of presenting flat surfaces in every part of the joint, as and for the puri poses described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HORACE SAGUE.

Witnesses:

B. S. BROWN, J. M. TowivsEND. 

